The FDA has a meeting tentatively scheduled for October 26 to consider emergency approval of a COVID vaccine for kids 5–11, with a decision expected between Halloween and Thanksgiving
Photo: Courtesy H&M/Getty Images Though many kids have been back in school for nearly two months, masked up and armed with loads of hand sanitizer, a major concern persists for parents and teachers: Children under the age of 12 still aren’t eligible to get vaccinated.
One promising piece of news, though, is that it looks like adolescents may soon be able to receive the Moderna vaccine as well. Moderna is expected to be authorized for this age group any day now after announcing at the end of May that their vaccine was safe for children between 12 and 17. Meanwhile, Johnson & Johnson is currently in the middle of an adolescent trial that started in April.
We probably won’t have vaccines for kids under 5 until 2022. The studies for children under 5 have been delayed, which means those vaccines likely won’t be approved until 2022. A big factor that’s adding to the delay is figuring out what dose will be safe but effective in smaller bodies, which will respond faster to less vaccine.
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